Our first pocket market in August was a resounding success. Several seniors arrived early, patiently awaiting the fresh fruit and veggie market opening. Meanwhile we were scrambling to get everything set up, priced and artistically displayed. We had a beautiful array of fruit and veggies laid out on two big […] Read More
Well, I’m at it again. Another compost workshop. This time in an undisclosed carport somewhere in Dunbar. The secret location will only be given upon registration. Not only will we be protected from the elements, but we will have light in these darkening days of summer. Many people don’t have […] Read More
Many years ago now, I met Ruth Mellor when she came to the compost garden where I used to work. I paid her a visit in Kelowna to see her community garden at the back of the Unitarian Church, the only one in Kelowna at the time. Ruth and the […] Read More
CBC Almanac Interview Tuesday, August 25, 12:30pm PDT We (the Westside Food Security Collaborative) did our first pocket market on Friday at the South Granville Seniors Centre in Vancouver and it was a great success for a first effort. The seniors who came were very enthusiastic about the markets and […] Read More
I have been working with the Rivershed Society of BC (RSBC) for nearly three years now. The group looks at sustainability through the lens of salmon and water. I was a little shocked at first to find myself working with a bunch of hunters and fishers. I was a vegetarian […] Read More
The Vancouver Courier, one of our community papers wrote a piece on our “pocket” markets this week. We, the Westside Food Security Collaborative are doing our first pilot market at the South Granville Seniors Center on August 21st from 10 to noon. It’s all part of our work to help […] Read More
I’m sure many of you are waking up each morning, rushing to your computers to check to see if I’ve put up my August event listings yet. So, sorry to keep you on pins and needles. As there are only two offerings this August, I will just post them here. […] Read More
David and I had just wrapped up the previous podcast with Cam, our backyard farmer when we came across this old-fashioned looking corner market. It’s called The Home Grow-In Grocer and they sell nothing but Made in BC products. Not only that, but they have a trust policy that is […] Read More
We were speechless. We were the Westside Food Security Collaborative (WFSC), a group of service providers, groups and citizens concerned about food issues in our community. We’d been meeting monthly in Kitsilano for about three years now and always had plenty to say around the table. But even with all […] Read More
I do tours. Tours on things that are green and sustainable. I started the Green Scenes program with partner Simon Fraser University Centre for Sustainable Community Development a few years ago. I now do a course with them, detailed below. And also this fall will be doing a number of […] Read More